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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

Computer Forensics, being a broad topic, involves a variety of skills which will involve seizing electronic evidence, acquiring data from electronic evidence, data analysis, and finally developing a forensic report. This book will help you to build up the skills you need to work in a highly technical environment. This book's ideal goal is to get you up and running with forensics tools and techniques to successfully investigate crime and corporate misconduct. You will discover ways to collect personal information about an individual from online sources. You will also learn how criminal investigations are performed online while preserving data such as e-mails, images, and videos that may be important to a case. You will further explore networking and understand Network Topologies, IP Addressing, and Network Devices. Finally, you will how to write a proper forensic report, the most exciting portion of the forensic exam process. By the end of this book, you will have developed a clear understanding of how to acquire, analyze, and present digital evidence, like a proficient computer forensics investigator.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Social media

What is social media? Social media is the use of applications or programs to create and share information, forms of expression, opinions, ideas, and so on through virtual communities on the global internet. Users can access social media through web-based technology such as a mobile device application. In some situations, the user can sync data from one platform to another. These platforms/applications rarely require a fee from the user and are very simple to use.

While most social media users use the services in a manner the service provider intended, some use these new communication media for nefarious purposes. It is a very unusual investigation where social media does not play a part in the investigation.

The user’s social media communication leaves a digital trail of breadcrumbs for the investigator to follow. Sometimes, the investigator can determine the user’s location at the date/time when the incident being investigated occurred. Alternatively...